Re: Playstation 2 has as much FPU power as Merced?

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From: Pete Zaitcev
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 00:00

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nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) writes:
>[...] If you've got a 64 bit card
>on a 32 bit PCI slot, wouldn't it be better to redesign the PCI to be
>64 bits as well for a better pathway to system RAM? Oops, can't do
>that. Want to make a new PCI card that talks to the motherboard at
>50Mhz rather than 33Mhz? Oops, can't do that.

I have a lot of Sun computers at work with 66 MHz/64 bits PCI slots.
You point may be a valid one, but not the example used.

--Pete

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From: zaitcev@bogus.com (Pete Zaitcev)
Subject: Re: Playstation 2 has as much FPU power as Merced?
Date: 1999/03/08
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